`Amr ibn Dinar reported: I asked Ibn `Umar, “Can a person who has performed the Tawaf around the Ka`bah for `Umrah but has not performed the (Sa`y) Tawaf of Safa and Marwah, have a sexual relation with his wife?” Ibn `Umar replied: “When the Prophet (peace be upon him) reached Makkah he performed the Tawaf around the Ka`bah (circumambulated it seven times) and offered a two-Rak‘at prayer (at the place) behind the station (of Abraham) and then performed the Tawaf (Sa`y) of Safa and Marwah, and verily in Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) you have a good example.” Then we put the same question to Jabir ibn `Abdullah and he too replied: “He should not go near his wife (for sexual relation) till he has finished the Tawaf of Safa and Marwah.”